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8LC1 Assessment

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 29mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

P1. Is Dubai a Pyramid or Pancake City?

a)

Pyramid

b)

Pancake

2.

P2. Select 3 reasons why Tourism is popular in Dubai

a)

Warm climate all year round

b)

Accessible from Europe and Asia

c)

Cheap

d)

Luxury hotels and beaches

e)

Lots of historical artifacts

3.

P3. a territory ruled by an emir, a title often used by monarchs in Islam is called a (a)  

4.

P4. Describe the climate of the Dubai

a)

Hot desert

b)

Mediterranean

c)

Urban

d)

Rural

5.

P5. What country's economy shown on the right is has oil and gas as the largest percentage of their GDP in the Middle East?

(a)  

6.

P6. (a)   are the goods or services leaving a country, such as oil being sold overseas

7.

P7. What does GDP stand for?

a)

Gross Domestic Product

b)

Gross Dollar Project

c)

Gross Domestic Project

d)

Gross Dollar Pound

8.

P8. What country in the Middle East has the most oil?

a)

Venezuela

b)

Kuwait

c)

Saudi Arabia

d)

Dubai

9.

P9. What section of the population pyramid has the largest male population?

a)

Apex

b)

Core

c)

Base

10.

P10. Which TWO of the following are examples of displaced migration?

a)

Moving away because of conflict

b)

Moving away because of natural disasters such as earthquakes

c)

moving for friends and family

d)

moving for a better jon

11.

P11. Population (a)   is the number of people in a particular area, measured in people per square kilometre (PPSQKM)

12.

P12. The temperature in October is (a)   °C in Abu Dhabi

13.

P13. What month has the highest rainfall?

(a)  

14.

P14. Select the physical features from the options below (Choose 2)

a)

Bodies of water

b)

Weather and Climate

c)

Population Distribution

d)

Religion

15.

P15. Urbanisation is the increase in the ___________ of people living in urban areas.

a)

Number

b)

Proportion

c)

Amount

d)

Group

16.

P16. When a country scores closer to 1 in the HDI it is classed as ______ developed.

a)

MORE

b)

LESS

17.

P17. ________ - ________ an urban dweller living in inadequate housing or an under served area of the city, with limited access to water, sanitation, transport and energy.

a)

Better served

b)

Under served

18.

P18. _________ - _________ an urban dweller living in good quality housing or a better served area of the city, with reliable, affordable and safe access to water, sanitation, transport and energy.

a)

Under served

b)

Better served

19.

C1. Globalisation is where the world is becoming more interconnected through to _______ and cultural exchange

a)

trade

b)

westernisation

c)

diffusion

d)

dilution

20.

C2. Imports are goods _________ a country whereas exports are goods _______ a country

a)

leaving, entering

b)

exiting, entering

c)

entering, exiting

21.

C3. ___________ is to connect to one another. This could be people, cities or countries.

a)

globalisation

b)

interconnectivity

c)

trade links

d)

cultural diffusion

22.

C4. Select 3 examples of cultural exchange below

a)

learning a different language

b)

buying products from your home country

c)

listening to music from another country

d)

visiting another country

e)

A TNC importing materials

23.

C5. What is the term for things being the same, or the same kind? For example, shopping centres are becoming an example of

(a)  

24.

C6. Cultural ________ is the spread of cultural norms from one place to another

a)

diffusion

b)

dilution

c)

differentiation

d)

dialect

25.

C7. Which of the following is NOT a cause of globalisation

a)

Transport improvements

b)

Transfer of people

c)

Technology improvements

d)

Trade

e)

Homogenity

26.

C8. How has transport improved to cause globalisation?

a)

sails are used, most trade travels by plane

b)

ships are smaller and carry cargo

c)

Engines are used, ships are bigger and safer

27.

C9. Any kind of work, particularly physical work is known as (a)  

28.

C10. How has technology improved to cause globalisation? Choose 3 options

a)

More people have access to the internet

b)

You can email/text/call as opposed to writing letters

c)

You still have to travel for business meetings instead of using zoom

d)

Social media spreads messages/news quickly

29.

C11. True or False: As a country develops, its economy typically changes from agriculture (farming) to industry (manufacturing/factories)

a)

True

b)

False

30.

C12. Why do countries want to change to industry from agriculture? Select 3 reasons

a)

Earn more money

b)

To be able to feed their population

c)

Create more jobs

d)

To attract TNCs

31.

C13. Select 3 reasons why western culture dominates the world

a)

Industrial Revolutions

b)

Impact of Colonialism

c)

Spread of Captialism

d)

Spread of Communism

32.

C14. The process of western or European culture spreading/influencing other countries is called (a)  

33.

C15. What is defined as “control by one power over a dependent area or people"

a)

Capitalism

b)

Consumerism

c)

Colonialism

d)

Communism

34.

C16. In capitalism, the country's economy is controlled by __________

a)

individual private owners

b)

the government

35.

C17. In communism/socialism, the country's economy is controlled by __________

a)

individual private owners

b)

the government

36.

C18. Select 3 advantages of Westernisation below

a)

Improvements in the medical field due to shared knowledge

b)

Improved job opportunities

c)

Acquire new knowledge

d)

Risk of traditional cultures being lost

e)

May cause the brain drain by workers leaving to work in a different country

37.

C19. What does TNC stand for?

a)

Transnational Coordination

b)

Transnational Corporation

c)

Transnational Consumerism

d)

Transnational Capitalism

38.

C20. Which of the following is not an example of a TNC

a)

A local market stall operating only in Warrington

b)

Nike

c)

A Canadian farmer that sells products in Canada and France

d)

Costa Coffee in Warrington

39.

C21. What sector were most of the top ten businesses part of in 2016?

a)

Energy

b)

Financials

c)

Healthcare

d)

Industrials

e)

IT

40.

C22. Exxon Mobil is worth ___________ in 2016 than it was in 2006

a)

more

b)

less

41.

C23. True or False - all of the top 10 most valuable TNCs in 2022 are from the USA

a)

True

b)

False

42.

C24. What is the most valuable TNC in 2022?

a)

Apple

b)

Amazon

c)

Microsoft

d)

Google

43.

C25. Select 3 disadvantages of sweatshops below

a)

Provide more jobs

b)

Poor labour conditions

c)

Low pay

d)

Increase pollution

e)

Enables relations between nations e.g. China and USA for the manufacture of iPhones

44.

C26.

"a textile factory in a LIC or MIC with low wages and poor working conditions" is known as what?

(a)  

45.

V1. When a country is changing from an agriculture focused economy to a industry focused economy it is known as industrialisation. Which of the following best describes industrial areas?

a)

urban areas with growing numbers of factories, fewer green spaces and farms, increasing population density

b)

rural areas with large amounts of green spaces for farming, reducing popualtion density

c)

urban areas with a declining number of factories, increasing number of farms and a low population

46.

V2. ________________ is a social and economic order that encourages the acquisition of goods and services in ever-increasing amounts.

a)

Consumerism

b)

Capitalism

c)

Communism

d)

Cultural Diffusion

47.

V3. Globalisation has increased because of improvements to technology and _______; the transfer of people for ________ and the freedom of _______

a)

transport, labour, trade

b)

transport, tourism, exports

c)

culture, labour, trade

d)

tourism, work, technology

48.

V4. Countries tend not to be wholly capitalist of socialist. They tend to be somewhere on a scale where some countries have more regulation and government control they are known as __________

a)

Socialist

b)

Capitalist

49.

V5. Cultural diffusion is not always a good thing. It can often make places less unique and this can also have the added effect of the loss of traditional languages and cultures. What is this known as?

a)

Cultural dilution

b)

Cultural dissemation

c)

Cultural exchange

50.

V6. _____ of global trade travels by shipping.

a)

60%

b)

70%

c)

80%

d)

90%